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  1. Penspen secures $70m contract with ADNOC Onshore

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Onshore, with a value exceeding $70million.

    The project is for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) services for the company’s fifteen major projects and will cover different stages of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities, from EPC tendering stage to commissioning and close out.

    ADNOC Onshore is the leading onshore producer within ADNOC Group, producing 1.6 million barrels of oil and 5.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day. With operations underpinned by a strict health and safety focus, the company fits well with the ethos of Penspen for this project.

    Peter O’Sullivan, chief executive officer of Penspen, said: “Penspen has built a reputation in the Middle East as a reliable and established provider of services to the oil and gas sector and this contract win reinforces this.

    “These projects will provide Penspen the opportunity to utilise the vast expertise and knowledge it has to ensure that ADNOC Onshore receives excellent project management consultancy services.

    “To secure such a substantial contract is fantastic and we look forward to continuing our work in the region with ADNOC Onshore to the highest possible standard, that has become synonymous with Penspen.”

    Penspen has been delivering its services to clients in the Middle East for over 40 years. The company, headquartered in London, has an office in Abu Dhabi where the work for ADNOC will be delivered from.

  2. Penspen Signs Agreement of Intent with Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering, asset integrity and project management services to the energy industry, has signed an agreement of intent with the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (UJAT) to launch a master’s degree in Integrity Management and Corrosion.

    Both Peter O’Sullivan, chief executive officer of Penspen and Dr. Jose Manuel Piña Gutierrez, the rector of the UJAT signed the agreement earlier this month. Taking place in the rectory of the university in Villahermosa, Mexico, both the university authorities and representatives from Penspen witnessed the signing.

    Currently in development, the launch of this new course will strengthen Penspen’s training capabilities and further build on its relationship with UJAT.

    The agreement of intent confirms Penspen’s support of professional development in Mexico through the transfer of knowledge and good practices. Technical knowledge acquired from the experience of working with a range of clients throughout Latin America will be included within the content of the course.

  3. Penspen Alliance with Crestech Secures PMC Deal with NNPC

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, and Nigerian engineering firm Crestech, have signed their largest contract to date after forming a strategic alliance in November 2016.

    The companies have secured a deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) for the provision of project management consultancy services across four gas projects in the Niger Delta region, with work already in hand.

    The scope of services under the project management consultancy (PMC) contract includes, but not limited to, the following four identified critical gas development projects; Oil Mining Lease

    (OMLs)  24 and 18 Joint Development, OMLs 26,30,32,42 and Makaraba Clusters Development, OML 13 Cluster Development, OML 35/62 Okpokunou / Tuomo West Cluster Development.

    The scope of work covers project management services, as well as personnel support, throughout the duration of the planned gas development, initially expected to be completed by 2020.

    Peter O’Sullivan, chief executive officer of Penspen, said: “Our partnership with Crestech allows us to deliver the full range of work required by NNPC in Nigeria and this highlights a positive step in our relationship and growth in the region. The strategic alliance allows the best of both companies to be brought together to deliver positive results for clients.

    “The seven gas projects will help NNPC to achieve its overall gas supply goals to support Nigeria’s National Gas Policy (NGP) 2017. We look forward to working with NNPC and Crestech over the next four years.”

    The managing director of Crestech Engineering, Engr. ‘Gbola Sobande, expressed his excitement to have Crestech play such a key role in moving Nigeria closer to its gas development goals. He stated that “jointly delivering a project of great significance to Nigeria, along with Penspen, will help strengthen the relationship between the two partners, while also further solidifying Crestech’s position as a leading indigenous oil and gas engineering company that is recognised across Nigeria.

    The partnership allows Penspen and Crestech to provide engineering, project management and asset integrity services for oil, gas and energy assets in Nigeria. This project will combine Penspen’s global expertise with Crestech’s strong domestic reputation.

    Penspen has been active in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1972 and carried out a number of strategic projects in Nigeria including the Escravos – Lagos Gas Transmission System and Nigeria’s National Petroleum Products Pipelines and Depots.

  4. Penspen Awarded ADNOC Sour Gas Pipeline Project Work

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Sour Gas for the provision of project management consultancy services for a new sulphur pipeline project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    The scope of work for Penspen includes the PMC of the detailed engineering and procurement phase as well as a construction phase. Also to be completed by Penspen is the provision of personnel for a wide range of roles such as projects controls, health and safety, as well as contracts, procurement, environmental and design engineering specialties.

    ADNOC Sour Gas is one of ADNOC Group’s gas producers, and a joint venture company between ADNOC and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). It is both a market leader in sour gas field development and a major international sulphur producer, processing one billion standard cubic feet of gas per day and providing 10% of UAE’s gas production.

    Peter O’Sullivan, chief executive officer of Penspen, said: “We are thrilled to have secured this contract with ADNOC Sour Gas, for the provision of our expert services. Penspen has built a reputation in the Middle East as a reliable and established provider of services to the oil and gas sector and this project will, again, reinforce our expertise in the area.

    “We have been operating in the region for some time now and it is fantastic for ADNOC Sour Gas to trust us with the vitally important services for its project.”

    Penspen has been delivering its services to clients in the Middle East for almost 30 years. The company, headquartered in London, has an office in Abu Dhabi where the work for ADNOC will be delivered from.

     

     

  5. Early Production Facilities

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    Maximising recovery in the modern oil and gas industry means maximising financial returns as quickly as possible. One way to do this is through early production facilities (EPFs), which provide operators with a flexible, relatively low cost solution for bringing discoveries on stream in rapid time and opportunities for early cash flow generation with a minimal outlay in capex and opex.

    EPFs can deliver fast track real time insight into initial well, reservoir or infrastructure performance, generating income and assisting field evaluations in advance of the deployment of more expensive and longer-term systems. Furthermore, because of the relatively small financial commitment required, they can be well suited to the exploitation of smaller, marginal or remote reserves which may be economically too risky to run with a more costly permanent production facility.

    Penspen’s EPF engineering and construction management capabilities cover a wide range of services designed to help operators move hydrocarbons from the wellhead to the export pipeline as quickly as possible. That can be through highly efficient gas compression and dehydration systems, crude oil treatment, stabilisation, metering and pumping or through production water treatment to injection wells. It also includes all the necessary support systems including power generation services, fuel gas systems, instrument air, control systems, fire and gas systems and the miscellaneous  utilities that can be part of the EPF process.

    A major international oil and gas service company selected Penspen to provide detailed engineering support for the planning and construction of a gas, oil and water processing facility in the Middle East. The production facility includes gas, oil, and water separation, oil export, gas treatment, effluent water treatment and disposal, sulphur recovery and associated systems.

    The customer required a partner that could deliver multi disciplinary detailed engineering expertise, including PDMS and 3D modelling. Penspen engineering team, out of our Abu Dhabi office, successfully supported the client by providing the necessary detailed engineering and PDMS 3D modelling within a tight and challenging tight frame.

    Following the success of this project, we were chosen to carry out a similar scope of work for another Middle East production facility. The facility also includes gas, oil and water separation, oil processing, oil export, gas treatment, effluent water treatment and disposal, a sulphur recovery unit and associated systems.

    Penspen have the capability and experience to deliver fast, cost-effective solutions that bridge the gap between discovery and profitable production.

  6. ADNOC In-Country Value (ICV) Certification

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    Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have recently launched the In-Country Value (ICV) strategy, which aims to strengthen relationships with the UAE’s private sector. Businesses must now complete an ICV assessment as part of their partnership with ADNOC, which will form part of the tender evaluations and award process.

    Introduced in February 2018, the new strategy is procurement led and designed to increase ADNOC’s ICV contribution. In order to do this, they will be focusing on the selection of local suppliers, the development of UAE nationals and the localisation of critical functionalities in the oil and gas industry.

    ADNOC will undertake a series of strategic initiatives as the ICV strategy continues to develop. These will include:

    • Strategic identification of suppliers and long-term collaboration
    • Developing of key procurement categories for small and medium sized local companies
    • Sharing future CAPEX and OPEX spending plans to encourage investment in the UAE
    • Focused training programs facilitated for Emiratis, increasing the employability of the local workforce

    Penspen welcomes the implementation of ADNOC’s ICV strategy and the value it will bring to the UAE oil and gas industry, as well as to the country.

    Through our Abu Dhabi office, we have provided onshore and offshore engineering and project management services to the UAE oil and gas industry for over 40 years. We have successfully completed more than 250 projects during this time.

    We have helped our clients to develop new energy assets and rehabilitate existing brownfield assets through customised engineering solutions. As a multi-discipline company, we combine quality and technical excellence with agility, providing the full range of services over the complete lifecycle of a project.

    With an engineering workforce of over 200 personnel based in our Abu Dhabi offices, we offer detailed engineering and project management services. Our areas of expertise include conceptual and feasibility studies, basic and FEED, detailed design, operability and risk assessment. We also provide project management and procurement services, as well as engineering support to EPC contractors.

  7. Penspen awarded PIMS extension for Chilean mine

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, has been awarded a nine-month contract extension to provide pipeline integrity management systems (PIMS) for Chile’s Minera Los Pelambres copper mine, the fifth largest in the world, by Antofagasta Minerals.

    Penspen was first employed to work on the project – located at 3,600m above sea level in the Andes Mountains and 200km north of Santiago de Chile – in 2010, when it conducted a gap analysis. Two years later, it developed a PIMS, corrosion management system, risk assessment and risk based inspection (RBI) and began providing specialist training for operations and maintenance staff at the mine. In 2014, Penspen implemented its PIMS and corrosion management system. It also introduced emergency plans, technical notes, a RBI update and provided in-line inspection support.

    With this latest contract extension, Penspen will continue with the implementation of the PIMS and will provide additional technical assistance.

    The work undertaken by Penspen will minimise the probability and consequences of failure to the 320km pipeline, which transports fluids from the mine.

    Penspen’s Carl Mook, ‎EVP Americas, said: “This contract extension win marks the continuation of a great partnership between Antofagasta Minerals and Penspen.

    This is a really interesting project due to its mountain location and the different geological and technical challenges that may arise. I am delighted that Penspen can both continue to support the project with our PIMS, and provide staff at the mine with the requisite training to ensure the continued health and longevity of the pipelines.”

    Ignacio Rivera, Penspen’s General Manager Asset Integrity, Chile, added:

    “I am immensely proud of the work which Penspen’s mining team has undertaken. It is because of their exceptional work ethic and dedication that we have secured this extension to the contract.”

    The Minera Los Pelambres project was the first mining-related venture for Penspen, but the company has since undertaken a number of mining projects across Chile and Peru, as more businesses realise the potential of using pipelines to transport minerals and associated products.

     

  8. Penspen Forms an Alliance With Crestech Engineering Ltd

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    Penspen, a leading provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, announces that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Nigerian engineering firm Crestech.

    The partnership will enable the two businesses to provide engineering, project management and asset integrity services and operation and maintenance services for oil, gas and energy assets in Nigeria. This project will combine Penspen’s global expertise with Crestech’s strong domestic reputation.

    Penspen has been active in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1972 and carried out a number of strategic projects in Nigeria including the Escravos – Lagos Gas Transmission System and Nigeria’s National Petroleum Products Pipelines and Depots. Over the past 12 months, Penspen has been working on a number of vital regional projects including the West Africa Gas System project for ECOWAS.

    Crestech currently offers engineering and project management services to oil & gas companies and other energy assets across Nigeria and West Africa.

    Penspen’s Vice President Europe & Africa, Neale Carter, said: “We are very pleased to be joining forces with Crestech to bring new opportunities to the Nigerian market. We see this alliance as the ideal way to further build on our presence in Nigeria.

    “The skill sets of the two companies are very complimentary; Penspen can offer services across an entire project lifecycle, from engineering design to asset management and integrity, and covering the full range of offshore production facilities, from subsea production systems to oil and gas transportation networks, as well as expertise in offshore engineering for floating production units, platforms and subsea structures. Crestech, meanwhile, have excellent local market knowledge and experience. We look forward to exploring many new possibilities together”.

    The Managing Director of Crestech, Peter Tabiowo, adds: “Crestech is delighted with this joint alliance with Penspen to further enhance and consolidate our expertise in the network of crude oil, multi-products, gas pipeline, depots/terminals as well as the onshore, offshore and deep water platforms in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. This alliance will undoubtedly bring the requisite technical skills gaps locally and eventually reduce costs of engineering projects in the industry in the very near future.”

  9. Penspen Collaborates With the Industry to Enhance Standards for Pipeline Integrity

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    Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering, asset management and integrity services to the energy industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its Pipeline Defect Assessment Manual (PDAM), second edition. This 456-page best-practice guide is a collaborative industry venture, involving a number of leading oil and gas companies, which collates expert advice and guidance for pipeline engineers.

    The PDAM project commenced in 1999 and was originally developed to address the industry need to have a single document that contained definitive advice to assist pipeline engineers in maintaining pipeline integrity. Since its creation, the manual has become widely recognised as leading reference material in the pipeline industry and as a result the content has been embedded into the standard procedures of many of its sponsors.

    The manual contains the detailed methods needed to assess a variety of defects commonly found in pipelines. The best available methods are presented in a simple and easy to reference manner. The pipeline defect assessment literature reviews are written and peer reviewed by internationally recognised experts within the pipeline integrity industry to provide a sound technical basis for the recommended methods contained within PDAM.

    The updates in this second edition include the following:

    • A new chapter on fatigue assessment guidance.
    • A new literature review of mechanical damage, fatigue, weld defects, cracking, fracture propagation and subsea integrity issues and associated assessment methods.
    • A general update of the manual to improve guidance clarity and additional worked examples.

    Nigel Curson, EVP Technical Excellence, Penspen, said:

    “We have put a lot of work into ensuring that this guide contains the go-to reference material for assessing pipeline defects. Many of our sponsors have saved a considerable amount of time, effort and money by referencing PDAM, which has in many instances enabled them to avoid unnecessary and costly damage repairs.

    It’s a collaboration which works and which benefits everyone involved.”

    PDAM membership currently stands at 33 international sponsors comprising operators, regulatory bodies, consultancies and inspection companies. The project continues to be updated and developed as more sponsors join. Sponsors are able to dictate the direction of the manual in order to address their current pipeline integrity topics and concerns.

    Current sponsors include: ADMA-OPCO, Atteris, BG Group, BP plc, Canadian Natural Resources International, Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA, Chevron Energy Technology Company, China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation, China Petroleum Pipeline Inspection Technologies, Compania Operadora de Gas del Amazonas, DNV GL, Equity Engineering, ExxonMobil, Engie, HSE, MACAW, Mero, FGSZ Ltd, National Grid, Open Grid Europe, Petrobras, PII Pipeline Solutions, PGN, Promigas, , Saipem UK, Samarco, SASOL, Shell,, SNAM Rete Gas SpA, Statoil ASA, Toho Gas Company Ltd, Total and Woodside Energy Ltd.